406 FALCOXID.^. 



Hume as P. hveeddalii (S. T, ix, p. 446 ; x, pp. 122, 573, plate), was 

 founded on specimens from the Malay Peninsula and was at first 

 regarded as identical with P. brachypterus, the type of which was 

 sent to Blyth by Captain Berdmore from Mergui. But the de- 

 scription of P. hracliypterus would apply equally well to a young 

 P. cristatus, and until an unmistakable specimen is obtained from 

 Tenasserim, P. tiveeddalil cannot be included amongst Burmese birds. 



1249. Pernis cristatus. The Crested Honey-Buzzard. 

 Buteo cristatus, Cuv., Vieill. Tahl Fmc. Meth., Orn. p. 1225 (March 



1823). 

 Falco ptilorhynchus, Temm. PI. Col. \A. 44 (July 1823). 

 Pernis cristata, Cuv. Regne An. eel. 2, i, p. 335 (1829) ; Jerdon, 



Madr. Jour. L. S. x, p. 73 ; Myth, Cat. p. 18 ; Borsf. ^- M. Cat. i, 



p. 63 ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 108 ; Hume, Bowjh Notes, p. 330 ; Blyth, 



Ibis, 1870, p. 160; i^. ,S-. F. i, p. 103 : Anderson, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 80; 



Adam, S. 1\ i, p. 360 ; Brooks, J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. 2, p. 243. 

 Pernis ptilorhynchus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii, pt. 2, p. 44, pi. 35 ; 



HoldswoHh, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 414 ; Hume, N. ^ E. p. 55 ; Bntlcr, S. F, 



iii, p. 448 ; Blyth ^- Wald. Birds Burm. p. GO ; Fairbank, S. F 



iv, p. 253 ; Hume Sf Duv. S. F. vi, p. 23 ; Ball, S. F. vii, p. 200 ; 



Hume, Cat. no. 57 ; Butler, S. F. ix, p. 375 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1880, 



p. 203 ; Peid, S. F. x, p. 13 ; Davison, ibid. p. 340 ; Oates, B. B. 



ii, p. 207; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 16; Barnes, Birds Bum. \^. 57 ; 



Oates in Humes N. Sf E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 181. 

 V&cmseWxotii, Jameson, Mem. Wern. Soc. vii, p. 493 (1838), deacr. 



nulla ; Jerdon, Madr. Jour. L. S. x, p. 74. 

 Pernis brachypterus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxi, p. 436 (1852) ; Hume, 



S. F. iii, p. 30 ; id. Cat. no. .57 bis. 

 Pernis ptilonorhynchus, >Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 347 ; Legye, Birds 



Ceyl. p. 89. 



Shahutela, Madkure, H. ; Madhava, Nepal ; Tenu yedda, Tel. ; Ten 

 prandu, Tarn. ; Jen alawa. Can. : lutalu, YerkU ; Malsuwari, Mhari. 

 All names having reference to honey. 



Fig. 98.— Head of P. cristatus, h. 



Coloration very variable. The adult plumage most commonly 

 seen is the following : forehead, lores, sides of head, including ear- 

 coverts and chin, ashy grey (the extent varies), passing gradually 

 into the dark brown of the neck, body, and wings ; sometimes there 

 is a small nuchal crest of black or brown ovate feathers. Blackish 

 shaft-stripes frequently occur on the crown, neck, back, wing- 

 coverts, and breast, or on some of them. Primaries brown outside^ 

 wbity brown inside, with black ends and t\\ o blackish bands. Tail 



